SMART v. COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER INC. et al

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MEMORANDUM and ORDER, that Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is Grated. It is further Ordered that Plaintiff shall have twenty one (21) days from the date of this Order to submit a signed copy of his Complaint. Should Plaintiff not submit assigned copy of his Complaint to this Court within (21) days, then his Complaint shall be struck, etc. Signed by Judge Kevin McNulty on 9/2/2016. (JB, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
SALAHUDDIN F. SMART,
Plaintiff,

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Civ. No. 16-2099 (KM) (JBC)

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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

V.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER, INC.,
et al.,
Defendants.

Plaintiff is proceeding pro se with a civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

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1983. Plaintiffs application to proceed informapauperis will be granted. However, at this time,
the Clerk shall not be ordered to file the complaint.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(a) requires an unrepresented party to personally sign
the complaint. Plaintiffs complaint is not signed by him. Therefore, pursuant to Rule 11(a),
plaintiff shall be given a short period of time to correct this insufficiency, or else his unsigned
complaint will be struck.
Therefore, IT IS this 2d day of September, 2016,
ORDERED that plaintiffs application to proceed informapauperis is granted; and it is
further
ORDERED that plaintiff shall have twenty-one (21) days from the date of this Order to
submit a signed copy of his complaint. Should plaintiff not submit a signed copy of his
complaint to this Court within twenty-one (21) days, then his complaint shall be struck pursuant
to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(a); and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk shall serve this Order on plaintiff by regular U.S mail.

KEVIN MCNULTY
United States District Judge

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